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A native of Mexico, whence seeds were obtained some 

 years since by Edward Barnard, Esq. We are ignorant of 

 its locality ; nor have we seen any wild specimen. 



It is a half-shrubby greenhouse plant, of little beauty, 

 and possessing the peculiar odour of the French marigold, 

 to which it is botanically nearly allied. This odour resides 

 in a number of little transparent bags enclosed within the 

 leaf, which are filled with a very volatile oil. 

 November. 



This species does not precisely answer to Lessing's defi- 

 nition of Bcebera ; but we presume the want of any entire 

 scales on the outside the pappus will hardly suffice for the 

 character of a new genus. * 



J. L. 



It flowers 







